Crépuscules I-II-III

 EXHIBITION Title: 

Crépuscules I-II-III

approach:

The polyptych Crépuscule I-II-III-IV was created shortly after I set up a new work studio in the country. I was attracted and fascinated by the pink glow of the winter twilight on the surrounding woods. 

The French word ‘crepuscule’ signifies both dawn and twilight. These are moments with no clearly defined boundaries. They both connect and separate. We don’t know exactly when the day ends and night begins.

This work represents additional superimposed moments, moments outside time replete with action and suspension, silence and attentiveness.  It is in perpetual renewal, like life’s seasonal cycles.  

These paintings were created on the ground. A first layer is a calligraphy of bare branches in black silhouette. Successive horizontal and vertical white layers alternate to erase these traces, suggesting the luminous surface of snow and the circular reflections of the sun.

Spherical openwork designs in magenta were added over the summer while I was working on sculptures of magnified seeds.

Painting and sculpture are never far apart. They communicate other and interact intrinsically. In this exhibition, sculptures accompany the painting. On the ground, a pink half-spherical glass pulp form placed on two mirrors punctuates the space with its gravity. Another glass pulp sculpture next to the painting echoes its microscopic structures.